Eye For Film >> Festivals >> A-Z >> Outfest Los Angeles >> 2023
This year's festival in the City of Angels promises a line-up of over 200 films, and has opening and closing galas, which, for the first time ever, are both directed by trans people.
The festival runs from 13 to 23 July.
View Films by Strand:
- Documentary Features
- Galas
- Late Night Spotlight
- Legacy
- Narrative Features
- Platinum
- Shorts
- Special Events
- Virtual Screenings
View previous years coverage of the Outfest Los Angeles festival:
OutfestLA Latest Reviews
A documentary about the complex legacy of Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy for LGBTQ+ people and its life-saving impact on director Sav Rodgers.
Iman, an Iranian, lives with his family in Sweden in an ever-changing succession of refugee hostels. To increase his chances of obtaining residence permits for them all, he resumes his career as a wrestler – and is confronted with the reason he had to flee.
Two unpopular girls in their senior year start a fight club to try to impress and hook up with cheerleaders.
A married man cheats on his husband with a woman... then tells him about it.
Thomas and Oscar have spent a year as foster parents to a wonderful child, a calling that's shown them new dimensions of what 'family' can mean. However, when the young boy is reunited with his birth mother, the couple's differing views on what the experience meant come into focus.
A funeral car cruises the streets of Medellin, while a young director tells the story of his past in this violent and conservative city.
A documentary which aims to break open the conversation around sexual life in the disabled community.
On her 18th birthday, tough-girl Jonny eats a cake baked by her aunt according to a magical family recipe and undergoes a radical metamorphosis.
Four Black transgender sex workers explore the dichotomy between the Black community and themselves, while confronting issues long avoided.
Ancient parasites rise from a small town, taking the most fearful and susceptible hosts. A young filmmaker finds herself as the only one who can sense the possessed resistance before the horror escapes and spreads.
Outfest Los Angeles Features
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
Eye For Film continues to support festivals both locally and across the world. At the moment, we're covering:
DOC NYC
New York's celebration of factual film
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
One of the largest film gatherings in northern Europe
French Film Festival
The UK's longest running celebration of Francophone cinema
Cannes Film Festival
Archive of festival coverage.
Sundance Film Festival
Daily diary and reviews from 2005-2018.
Berlin Film Festival
Coverage of the lynchpin German festival.